After three decades of space service, Discovery, NASA’s oldest and most travelled shuttle began its new life as a museum relic today with one final takeoff.

FEDERAL agents in Missouri are questioning a man after a suspicious device was found in his carry-on bag at Kansas City International Airport.

Officials are investigating why actor Charlie Sheen received a police escort from an airport to his show in Washington DC this week.

AN AMERICAN woman who was held in Iran for more than 13 months and accused of spying returned yesterday to the US.

Thirty people were injured, one critically, after a United Airlines jet heading for Los Angeles hit heavy turbulence and was diverted to Denver early today.

The largest US-Russian spy swap since the Cold War happened less than a month after an idea was secretly hatched in the Oval Office, and reached fruition on a remote stretch of Vienna airport tarmac.

Planes were grounded, trains stood still and Greyhound buses were not rolling in the American north-west, leaving stranded US travellers wondering when they would be able to escape the icy, grey mess created by a major snowstorm.

NOTHING is more appropriate than the fact that America will today celebrate the annual public holiday dedicated to the memory of Reverend Martin Luther King.

A transatlantic jet was forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport early today.

Two United Airlines planes are being inspected today after their wings collided at Dulles International Airport outside Washington DC.

Start-up airline Virgin America expects to begin flying next month after US regulators gave the final approvals needed for take-off.

THE US Defence Department last night released the first video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 189 people in the September 11 attacks.

The US Defence Department tonight released the first video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 189 people in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has dropped her request for asylum in the US, a government official says.

The elder daughter of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has requested asylum in the US after being taken into custody at Dulles International Airport.

Family and friends who packed a Virginia courtroom to support Ahmed Omar Abu Ali laughed out loud when prosecutors alleged that he had plotted to assassinate President Bush.

Chilling radio transmissions by the September 11 hijackers from the planes they commandeered were played for the first time today.

SIX US-bound flights from England, Scotland and France have been cancelled because of security concerns.

Six US-bound flights from England, Scotland and France were cancelled yesterday because of security concerns.

A Virgin Atlantic pilot accused of attempting to fly a plane under the influence of alcohol has been told he cannot leave the US.

Washington

A 37-year-old man was fighting for his life today after being shot in what is feared to be the 12th attack by the Washington serial sniper.

The young Muslim convert accused of joining al-Qaida soldiers in Afghanistan has returned to the US under FBI custody.

The victims’ families and the country still grieve, but the once-charred and jagged western flank of the Pentagon no longer looks much like the scene of an American tragedy.